Dave Ingram

Major universities facing weeks-long strikes as job cuts deepen Union branches plan walkouts across UK amid increased tensions with senior managers

'Staff at the University of Nottingham are preparing to strike for the second time this term, announcing a further 22 days of action before Christmas, in addition to the 20 days already taken.' Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam, Leicester, and Edinburgh also striking.

Just in case anyone is listening, please note that UK universities cannot operate successfully on the basis of continuous reduction of academic staff and academic staff pay. No amount of staff wellness sessions will change this.

We are in full solidarity with the @pcsunion.bsky.social members at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who will be on strike for the next two weeks. Let's get out to their pickets and rallies to show our support, @ucu.org.uk members! Details below. @pcspress.bsky.social

The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism Fictionalism is a popular approach to handling possible worlds discourse. It gives one the power of possible world semantics without being committed to undesirable consequences. The standard approach ...

Jacob O'Sullivan and Sam Dickson have just been published in Metaphysica! Their paper is titled "The Broad Escape from Narrow Fictionalism." Here is a link to the official version:
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

And here's another to the preprint: philpapers.org/rec/DICTBE

JOB: 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Metaphysics and Philosophy of Physics, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Nina Emery’s Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time has landed. 50 chapters (554pp) covering an immense range of topics. It’s a fantastic volume and I’m delighted to have contributed to it.

Cover of a book, titled The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Time

Dave Ingram's article 'Presentism and Eternalism' features in The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time, edited by Nina Emery, to be published later this month. This year, Dave will be teaching The Nature of Time for undergraduates and Time, Tense, & Existence for MA students.

Giuliano Torrengo - PHILTECH Giuliano Torrengo is an Associate Professor at the Department of philosophy of the University of Milan, he is the founder and coordinator of the Centre for Philosophy of Time, a member of the LEMMings...

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UCU to hold nationwide strike ballot after ‘insulting’ pay offer Union threatens ‘coordinated’ strikes to cause ‘maximum disruption’ at UK universities

UK universities could be hit with nationwide strikes after the University and College Union announced it will ballot its members over pay, reports @julietterowsell.bsky.social
#academicsky #strikeballot

VCs don’t run universities.

We do.

After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.

Ballot opens October.

Vote YES.

#WeAreTheUniversity

I recommend starting with Discourse on Metaphysics. Several decent editions around, but the recent one from OUP — translated and with detailed commentary by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra — is very good.

An encompassing account of regret Philosophical attention to regret is typically focussed on the ethical issues it raises, leaving foundational questions about its objects and structure undecided. Here, these questions are at the f...

In a new paper, Louise Richardson argues that regret is a feeling of discomfort when real life seems worse than how things might (have) be(en). The account makes sense of different kinds of regret, helps us manage regret, and has interesting broader consequences. Read it here: t.ly/8_1s0

Philosophy of Time Society at the Pacific APA (2026)

We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Pacific APA (Online), April 8–12, 2026.

Deadline: 30th September 2025.

www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

The Flow of time: Rationalism vs. empiricism I distinguish between empiricist and rationalist approaches to the idea of the flow of time. The former trace back the idea of the flow of time to the deliverances of our sensory or introspective c...

A new way of looking at some debates in the Philosophy of Time. Now published. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3MSIW...

Anyone who cares about casualisation and working conditions should be up in arms about this. There are going to be so many jobs with terrible T&Cs created at the last minute.

A very timely read. It got me thinking that the value of academic labour isn't just within teaching or expertise (although both are important) but in the smaller acts of support, ongoing pastoral care, of asking the right question, almost as an afterthought, but making a huge difference.

If you have 'views' on the 32% consultative ballot and what UCU should be doing over the next few months then you could do worse than spend a few minutes providing some thoughts via this UCU Commons survey.

Manyism as mereologicism - Synthese There is a widespread intuition that mereology should be ontologically innocent. In this paper, we compare two attempts to deliver this innocence. They both identify a fusion with the plurality of its...

‘Manyism as mereologicism’ by Rob Trueman & Simon Thunder

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Philosophy of Time Society at the Central APA (2026)

We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Central APA in Chicago, IL, February 18–21, 2026.

Deadline: 25th August 2025.

www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

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Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory This two-day workshop brings together philosophers and physicists to explore metaphysical and philosophical questions in string theory, broadly understood, i.e. including non-perturbative approac...

CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory, Dec 9-10, Geneva
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‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’ Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

A poster for a philosophy workshop at the University of Salzburg titled "Beyond the Present: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Time." The poster features a large clock face. Text details the event for 3-4 July, 2025, at the Philosophy Department (GW). Logos for the University of Salzburg and the Austrian Science Fund are at the top

A close-up of a white marble sign set into a grey, textured stucco wall. The sign is engraved with the words "UNIVERSITÄT SALZBURG WALLISTRAKT" in a classic serif font.

A scenic daytime view of Salzburg, Austria. The wide, greenish-blue Salzach River flows through the center of the city under a blue sky with light clouds. A bridge crosses the river, and the riverbanks are lined with historic buildings and a lush, tree-covered hill.

Earlier this month, Dave Ingram was at the University of Salzburg presenting his paper 'Prolegomenon to a Dynamic Metaphysics of Time' at the workshop Beyond the Present: Perspectives on the Philosophy of Time.

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Devastated that the Centre for Lifelong Learning @york.ac.uk is being closed after 40 years. What a loss to education in the region. Feel for students and staff. Being a tutor has been joy, doing what universities should be doing by sharing knowledge widely with our communities.

International Association for Philosophy of Time, 10th annual conference, 7th–9th July, 2025. @cptmilano.bsky.social

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Philosophy of Time Society at the Eastern APA (2026)

We request submissions of high-quality abstracts (500 words max.) for our group meeting at the Eastern APA in Baltimore, MD, January 7–10, 2026.

Deadline: 1st July 2025.

www.philtimesociety.com/calls-for-pa...

🚨PhD Call for applications – The Human Mind and its Explanations (HuME). Language, Brain and Reasoning

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🗓️ Deadline: June 9th, 2025 – 1:00 p.m. (CEST)

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#YorkFestivalOfIdeas 2025 will be featuring an event #AboutTime exploring different aspects of #time, from #physics, to #art, and #philosophy!
If you're in the area, on Sat 14th June, I will be delivering the opening talk "How Philosophers Think about Time" #YorkFesitvalOfIdeas #PhilosophyOfTime